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{{Wiktionary|host|höst|høst|hosť}}Host (masculine) and hostess (feminine) most often refer to a person responsible for guests at an event or providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: {{TOC right}} Places- Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
People- Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
- Michel Host (born 1942), French writer
- "Host", an author abbreviation in botany for Nicolaus Thomas Host
Arts, entertainment, and mediaFictional entities- Hosts (World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken
- Hosts, alien invaders and overlords in the TV series Colony
- Armies and hosts of Middle-earth warfare, fictional entities in J.R.R. Tolkiens' works
- Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics' Earth X series of comic books
- Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who
Literature- Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter
- Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
- Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson
- The Hosts of Rebecca, a 1960 novel by Alexander Cordell about the Rebecca Riots
Music- H.O.S.T., an influential hip-hop group in Azerbaijan
- Host (Critters Buggin album), 1996
- Host (Paradise Lost album), 1999
Computing and technology - Host (network), a computer connected to the Internet or another IP-based network
- Hosts file, a computer file to be used to store information on where to find an internet host on a computer network
- host (Unix), a command-line Unix command
- Internet hosting service, a service that runs Internet servers allowing organizations and individuals to serve content to the Internet
- Virtual host, allowing several DNS names to share the same IP address
- Host, in hardware virtualization, a machine on which a virtual machine runs
- Cross compiler, also called a "host", a computer platform on which software development is done for a different target computer platform
Groups or formations - Host, an archaic military term for an army
- Host, a great number; multitude
- Cossack host, an organic and administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia; host names reflected location or origin
- Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth
Religion- Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
- Lord of hosts, a common epithet of the God of the Old Testament
- Sacramental bread, called the host or hostia, used in Christian liturgy
Roles- Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
- Casino host
- Maître d'hôtel (Maître d') or head waiter of a restaurant or hotel
- Master of ceremonies
- Talk show host, a presenter of a TV or radio talk show
Science- Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
- Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
See also - Hostess (disambiguation)
- Hosting (disambiguation)
- The Host (disambiguation)
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